An understanding of a leader's approach to their team is vital to an understanding of the team as a whole, as discussed in the Leadership Styles section. As important as the leader's demands on their team are, though, equally important to the workings of the team are the team's demands on their leader. Each type of team will react differently to, and have different expectations from, a leader. From this, we can draw two important conclusions:
Leadership demands can be interpreted by examining a team's Team Profile. Each of the four main factors of Direction, Communication, Stability and Productivity relate to a different basic leadership need.
As with Leadership Styles, these four aspects represent the fundamental elements of the leadership needs. True Team Profiles tend to highlight more than one factor, however, and have correspondingly more intricate combinations of leadership needs. Discus will provide a specific interpretation of these needs depending on the precise configuration of the Team Profile. |
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